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Let Me Out by Emmett Nahil, George Williams

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arkham's review against another edition

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challenging dark tense fast-paced

Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.5

tawfek's review against another edition

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3.0

Our town must square with the fact that the devil is here in Columbiana, We've seen him, and he has run through every street, every house!
He's run through every man, woman, and child, and has settled in to stay where sin is!

First of all Thank you and apology To Emmet, George, Oni Press for this Graphic novel ARC, and for delaying it this long, i actually finished 2 ARCs at least i got approved for after this, What delayed me was the trigger warnings, it felt like ugliness i wasn't quite ready to get acquainted with, I don't want to see Trans people hurt or insulted or humiliated in anyway, Sometimes i feel the best defense against ugliness is just not experiencing it, but we are living in the real world so?!
This will come out 03 Oct 2023, and This will be an honest review as usual, So bear with me!

Nothing Holy About it.

I am writing this review listening to Debbie songs! The Graphic Novel had a playlist in the end for famous metal songs, and i actually like one of them so much already, Second Skin - The Gits!
This story was about a fanatical little town, Where everyone is buying into the bullshit the preacher is saying, fear mongering, hate mongering quivering mess of a bastard.
Nobody seemed to be kind to them even their own families are misgendering them.
Nothing Holy about it man, Nothing Holy about it, you will not make anyone love your god with hate and discriminations so peddle your shit elsewhere.

I just can't imagine why he's so obsessed with me.
I'd almost be flattered if he wasn't such a blessed fucking pain, trying to trap me in summing circles.
And in a human form too!, so messy and COLD

The devil was here, and the devil has ugly tits!

Spoiler

It's quite sad, Because i felt the kids took the devil in, they told the truth for the first time, and called people on their bullshit for the first time directly straight to their face.
I need a devil in me sometimes, To call out the elitism around here, so many people thinking their shit smells better than other people's shit.

Even the devil was fed up with humans i swear, it was so funny, when it shouldn't, but the devil this time wasn't the bad guy!

I don't know if you've heard, But i do love a deal!

Like the devil i love a deal! I love a good deal though, and this comic was a good deal, not the best in my opinion about trans people, not scary even though it's horror genre, But it did a great job in addressing the discrimination and it's origin, everyone is looking the other way, to be "nice"
But we know where it's coming from, even if we won't say it.
Regardless of my three stars rating this was a good read, 3 stars for me is always a good read, it's when i give 2 stars that we have to sit down and have a talk, Hope we are clear on that!

What killed this for me was actually the art, not really the writing, i have come to lose hope in reading real horror stuff long time ago, Only Jungi Ito does it for me now.
The art style while Unique, i didn't like it, that might be a me issue, But yeah i didn't like it sadly.
I think it did way better at drawing scenery than drawing people!

But George did draw the cutest dog ever! can i have him please?

inthebelljar's review against another edition

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3.0

I loved the art, the characters were interesting, and there's so many great concepts in this graphic novel - the biggest problem was that I didn't feel like the story answered enough questions. My biggest takeaway is that I want something like an expanded edition to fill in the gaps. I feel like there COULD be answers but there aren't and I didn't feel satisfied at the end. I still liked it! I just wanted more.

c100's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

kitschysweater's review against another edition

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dark mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.5

magenta_menace's review against another edition

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3.0

thanks to netgalley for the ARC of this title! i wanted to like this title more than i did because the synopsis was SO intriguing--the popularity of satanic panic literature at the moment made me hopeful that this may be something a little more subversive. alas, it did feel very similar to a lot of narratives in the same subgenre. i also had trouble getting into the art, but that's more of a subjective issue. even though the art style made sense with the narrative, it was just a little gritty and unrefined for my taste. i am glad that we're getting more queer and inclusive stories in the genre, especially in terms of graphic novels, but i feel like this just barely missed the mark for me.

juju_onthat_beet's review against another edition

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4.0

I enjoyed this novel a lot! It’s a quick and easy read and I wouldn’t go in expecting major character development or the most detailed plot but I really enjoyed the queer representation in this book and the darker themes it deals with, but also the close friendship and community that you can have in queer spaces.

If you enjoy queer shit, horror and good illustrations then this is for you!!

spooderman's review against another edition

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dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

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entazis's review

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dark mysterious medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

It was really tense - I love how to satanic panic was used to show how moral panics are fabricated to distract, how it's easy to sacrifice those the community sees as undesireables. I loved the friend group, how they're tightly knit unit, full of love and support, a true queer found family. The only problem for me was that the story was short and we didn't get to really know the main four as individuals before the ending that felt abrupt. Which is shame, because I loved their rage at the world, and would like that aspect more explored. I hope they plan on continuing the comic and that this is only vol. 1 so that we get to see the characters more fleshed out.
I also loved the use of colors in art style. The art is very simple, I don't know if calling it cartoonish is a correct term, but the use of bright colors through the panels, they really help to highlight the emotions and to lift the story to another level.

driftcompatib1e's review

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dark tense

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

Stranger Things for queer trans people who hate cops and distrust the government. 😍 A crunchy (positive) art style, some tough character moments, and a gritty look into the darker parts of people. The art style and writing style mesh well.

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